Chaetolopha niphosticha (Turner, 1907)
(previously known as Scordylia niphosticha)
 ASTHENINI ,   LARENTIINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

Chaetolopha niphosticha
(Photo: courtesy of Olga Schmidt).

The caterpillars of this species are thought to feed on

  • Ferns ( POLYPODIOPHYTA ).

    The adult moth is brown, with a white dash near the apex, and three white sinuous lines across each forewing. The hindwings are pale brown in the basal half, and darker in the marginal half.

    The species is found in

  • Victoria.

    Further reading:

    Olga Schmidt,
    A revision of the genus Chaetolopha Warren (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae) with a description of Parachaetolopha, gen. nov.,
    Invertebrate Systematics, Volume 16 (2002), pp. 703-733.

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    (updated 24 September 2011)